The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	風立ちぬ
Literal meaning	The Wind Has Risen
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kaze Tachinu
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay by	Hayao Miyazaki
Based on	風立ちぬ by Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Starring	Hideaki Anno Miori Takimoto Hidetoshi Nishijima Masahiko Nishimura Morio Kazama Keiko Takeshita Mirai Shida Jun Kunimura Shinobu Otake Nomura Mansai
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Edited by	Takeshi Seyama
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Production company	Studio Ghibli
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	20 July 2013 (2013-07-20) (Japan)
Running time	126 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	US$30 million[2]
Box office	US$136.5 million[3][4]

The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu, lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI. It was released in Japan on 20 July 2013 by Toho, and in North America by Touchstone Pictures on 21 February 2014.

The Wind Rises is a fictionalised biographical film of Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film was adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name.

The Wind Rises was the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan in 2013. Though it caused some political controversy and criticism in Asia, it was met with critical acclaim. The film was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, winning the latter.